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Wonderful Wednesday, it’s the first day of December!

Amazing, isn’t it, December already. Knew it was coming, but it just seems to have sneaked up on me.

Oh, boy, yesterday was a tough one for me. I took my computer over to Dr. Scott at Magic Tech for servicing and updating. I then returned home and found myself at such a loss without my little machine. Guess I’ve been spending a little too much time staring at the screen.

Anyway, I decided to do some housework, started by organizing our video collection, what a laugh. I put the unlabelled videos into the vcr and time travelled back to 2001. When Deirdre and Tracy were having a (surprise) argument. Bratty David and Sara-Louise were little kiddies and were camping with Gail and Martin (remember him .. he was a few husbands ago ), Roy & Hailey had the red haired boy they were trying to foster. Another tape showed Gail starting to go out with Richard (I remember the last episode he was in, he’d driven them all to a lake and was trying to drown them) Gail sure knows how to pick them. Her latest loser, Joe, appears to have drowned from a sailboat, when he was trying to escape the money scalpers, by pretending to drown, planned to leave the sailboat in the water, take the dinghy and go to shore, travel to another country .. and blah, blah, blah.

Must be tough, writing scripts at Granada, is all I can say. Going after the ratings and leaving most of the brilliant dialogue by the wayside. Occasionally, though, the lovely funny conversations do pop up .. a reminder of why we got hooked on the show in the first place.

Anyway, my time travelling was done. The house was quiet .. I sought music. Fiddled with the stereo, hadn’t used it for so long, couldn’t remember how to get the FM going! Then I went into full housecleaning mode.

Hours later, checked, my computer was ready! I drove over there and had a great talk with Scott about various computer items. He is so knowledgeable and I certainly trust his advice.

Anyway, picked up a 14″ used screen (amazing how much more desk space I have at home, compared to my archaic screen, which is about 2 feet x 2 feet!) My computer is faster and I’m happy!!!

Am getting back into my exercise routine, want to be fit for my gardening jobs. Followed by a very long lovely walk through Swan Lake and back. Took lots of photos. Walking a different trail today, I passed by a side pond, which was covered in a thin layer of ice. Laughed as I saw a couple of ducks (Mr & Mrs) slip sliding across the surface, finally finding a swimming area. Heard another couple of ducks, one of them was really pissed off at the other .. that was funny. Maybe they thought no one would hear!

Noticed some interesting burl growth on some trees. From a distance, one trunk appeared to have a carving of a mother bear with her cub, while a nearby trunk seemed to show a carving of a bear, standing, mouth open in a roar.

Saw some of the most interesting gnarled root systems .. one had a little cave below and I imagined some creature would have curled up there, during the snow storm that we recently had here.

Saw a larger rock by a path, took a photo ….. a cousin of my yard rock (that I uncovered in te front yard) ??? ha ha .. fun to imagine.

Suddenly a hawk flew out of a tree, swooping low over the Lake, he disappeared into some grassy growth. Must be lunchtime.

This morning, met a group of walkers, out enjoying the trails .. all were happy and we exchanged cheerful smiles and continued, each on our separate ways.

Thinking about those impressive, gnarly tree roots and also of some of the scenery that I saw as I walked along, sometimes backtracking, to have another look, to get a different view of the various works of nature that caught my eye … the thought ran through my mind, that sometimes, one doesn’t fully appreciate the beauty that is present in our lives .. until we step away somewhere, pause, return, and look with awakened eyes at incredible treasure, truly grateful.

I love these walks with my camera .. and here are some photos to share .. come along with me on my walk, to see the beauty that is there in this special little paradise, tucked away in a busy city.